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“I’ve never been on a real date.” I have no clue where that came from. Deep inside me, I feel the need to tell her this.
“Never?” I knew she wouldn’t believe me; no one does, not after learning about Cera. But I never wanted to show her off or take her somewhere just to have her complain about the food. She was easy; getting her, keeping her, and having her spread her legs for me whenever I wanted was something I thought was unproblematic at the time.
“Never. An actual date meant more work I wasn’t willing to put in.” Between sports, working the ranch, and my friends putting the effort in to take a girl out where I wasn’t guaranteed pussy wasn’t something I wanted to waste my time with.
“I didn’t go on any in high school,” she admits softly. “It wasn’t until I blossomed in college and felt at ease, knowing no girl out there would make my life hell anymore. Even then, it was only a few.”
“Oh yeah? What happened on thesefewdates?”
“They never went anywhere. They weren’t awful, but they weren’tthatmemorable either.”
That sets my determination to give her the most memorable one I could possibly give her. I may have to enlist help from my mom, Patience, Jody, and Mercy to make sure it’s everything and more for Angie, though.
“I work with Cera.”
The groan is automatic. “You just had to ruin this beautiful moment, didn’t you?” I fake a sob.
“I just wanted to let you know.” She laughs.
“Is she still an entitled bitch?” Hooking up with Cera wasn’t my wisest choice. As Patience always reminds me, plenty of other girls would have been with me. My only issue was that I wasn’t very respectful of them then.
Especially not Cera. I didn’t like how she thought she could change me. She didn’t like who I was or who my friends were. I flirted with her friends—if you want to call the mindless drones who followed her that—with no regard for her, and I was drunk half the time. We lasted nearly a full school year, though I don’t remember it. But I couldn’t handle it any longer when I had to battle her mind games and her attempts to change me and who my friends were more and more, so I ended that shit.
Patience was overjoyed, especially since Cera’s treatment of her sealed the deal on my end.
“She is.”
“Well then.” I don’t know what else to say because I don’t want to talk about the bitch of exes past.
“So where will you be taking me on this date?”
Chapter Twenty-Four
Angelica
The nervous buzzing energy creates a cyclone around me. My students could feel it throughout the day yesterday, and I’m pretty positive the other staff could as well. The permanent smile on my face hasn’t hurt from wearing it all day.
Even though today is Saturday, we have a massive science fair. The kids get extra credit to be here and show off something they felt was fun in science, and the teachers get a lesson for the day. It has been a tradition since I was a student, and even though I’m a math teacher, I’m doing my part as a judge.
Back then, it wasn’t considered cool to do any of the things kids love to learn and explore now. I was one of the few to be in this same gymnasium, while kids like Chase wouldn’t be caught dead in here on a Saturday unless it was for sports.
Just thinking about him leaves me with a rush of aroused energy.
Chase surprised me last night on several levels.
He made love to me last night under the stars. He showed me a side I think every girl who ever came before me wished they could see. I feel smug thinking about all their faces if they knew it was me—the math nerd who kept to herself—who brought the mythical side out of Chase Thorne.
And then he took me to a whole new solar system when he started talking about us going on an actual date. One he insisted we have tonight. I tried to tell him it could wait, but he couldn’t let the opportunity pass.
I had to laugh at how cute he was about the whole thing. He acted like he was planning a wedding or something with the glistening look of excitement filling his face.
There was only one thing … err … person, who could have ruined today for me.
Cera.
I was on edge for the better half of the afternoon when students finished setting up and the community started to filter in and around. I thought for sure I saw her name on the teacher volunteer list, but I wasn’t sure.
She never showed up, so my day was set. I spent a few hours roaming, visiting with parents and learning from students. And up until thirty minutes ago, when I helped put the last folding table back in storage, I was ready to get home to change and be ready for my date.
